- If you need to show a video to your audience,you don't have to hook up another audioor a video source.You can play the videoright from your PowerPoint presentation.The video can be existing on your computeror if you're going to havean active Internet connectionduring your presentation, from YouTube.Let's go over how to add a video.I'm going to create a new slide.I'll give it a blank layout.Clicking the Insert ribbon tab.All the way to the right hand side of the screen,click the pull down next to Video.

Our two choices are Online Videoand Video on My PC.We'll start by selecting Online Video.There's two options.I can do a YouTube searchdirectly from PowerPoint.The search results will be video thumbnails.I can click on them to insert themdirectly into my presentation.I can also paste video embed code.This is good if my source isn't YouTubeor if I know the exact video from YouTube I want.I can also embed a code from a source like Vimeoor a blog that I like.Let's open up a browser.

I have a video that I'd like to embed into PowerPoint.Underneath the YouTube video, click the Share button.From here, click Embed and now I can right clickon the iframe code and select copy.I'll go back to my presentationand I'll paste the embed codewhere I'm prompted to.I'll click the black arrowand in just a few moments,my video will be embedded into my slide.I now have two new ribbon tabs:the video tools Format taband the video tools Playback tab.

To test the video, I'll click playon the left hand side.It's going to load from YouTubeand I can see that this videolooks like it's going to play with no problems.I'll click on this to delete itbecause I want to add another video.Let's add one from our computer this time.I'll click Insert, Video again and this timeI'll choose Video on My PC.Browsing to the Assets folder,there's one video in here.I'll select it, click Insert,and it's going to defaultto filling the entire screen.

This way, when I land on this slide,the video is ready to go full-screen.It doesn't have to be full-screen though.This video is all about formatting the videothat we're embedding into PowerPoint.I have two tabs: Format and Playback.We'll worry about the Playback options in the next video.But for now, let's get it looking just the way we want.I could absolutely leave the video full-screen.In fact, that's standard practice for a video.But I want to show you that you don't have to.

I can click and drag to resize itand move it around on the screen.In fact, I can even give it effects,such as frames and outlines.I can choose any video effect that we've seen.I can add a border.I can even crop it to a shape.I can test my video at any timeby clicking the play button.Even though I've resized it to a shape,it still doesn't matter.It will play within the shape or effectthat it's been given.I can click Corrections and give it any adjustments.

I can also change the color of it.I can change the overall color toneof the entire video.I can choose the Poster Frame of the video.The Poster Frame is a framethat everyone's going to seewhen I land on this slide.I can click and drag with my mouseto choose a nice frame.When I'm happy with the frame I've chosen,I'll click Poster Frame againand select Current Frame.Once everything's in place,we can work on the Playback options.

We'll do that in the next video.

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9/22/2015

Learn how to best create, edit, and share presentations with PowerPoint 2016, the popular presentation platform. Jess Stratton shows how to build a slideshow from scratch or leverage PowerPoint templates and themes for quick construction. Jess then demonstrates how to add and edit text, images, graphs, video, and animation; format slides for consistency; and add speaker notes and transitions to ensure a smooth delivery. Plus, discover how to collaborate on changes and then share the final presentation via print, PDF, or a recorded slideshow.